UCONN COMM 1000 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026

UCONN COMM 1000 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026 Why study Comm? - Answers Keeps us alive, impacts everything, it is a skill, employers value it What is Human Communication - Answers -the process of managing messages for the purpose of creating shared meaning. -a transaction between at least 2 people -simultaneously sending and receiving messages Factors that influence communication - Answers Listening, time, feedback Intrapersonal comm - Answers within one person interpersonal - Answers with one another interviewing - Answers focused on question-answer pattern small group - Answers 3 or more members influencing one another public comm - Answers talking to a lot of people organization comm - Answers between people of certain culture Elements of effective comm - Answers understanding, pleasure, attitude influence, improved relationships, action Humanistic approaches - Answers rhetoric, interpretivists, critical scholars Rhetoric - Answers basis for public speaking interpretivists - Answers make sense of the world based on events Critical scientific approaches - Answers Qualitative, quantitative Qualitative - Answers rigorous observational rules , work in the field Quantitative - Answers seeks to uncover patterns in comm behavior via numbers, in the field or lab The scientific method - Answers ask questions or state problem formulate hypothesis or research question think through, refine hypothesis Perception - Answers interpreting the sensory experience of the world Process of Perception - Answers 1. select ize pret Perceptual filters - Answers Physical/physiological limits (glasses) Pyschological sets - Answers expectations that shape experiences (gender, age) Attribution - Answers the process of assigning meaning to others' behavior Dispositional other - Answers Overuse of personality reasons (dispositions) with others "joe failed the exam because he was lazy" Self-serving bias - Answers Overuse of situational attributions with self "I failed the exam because the exam was ridiculous and unfair Impressions of self - Answers self concept -(looking-glass) -self expansion model -social comparison self-esteem -feedback selffulfilling prophecy -can or can not do something Impressions of Others - Answers First impressions -primary effect Physical attractiveness expressiveness charisma Stereotyping - Answers a generalization about a class of people, objects, or events that is widely held by a given culture Social Roles - Answers work, student, gender-limited, marital Verbal Communication - Answers a system of symbols and codes used to construct and covey meaning symbol - Answers the word itself, the word means nothing, but culturally we have created a meaning for the word referent - Answers the thing that the word stands for Denotive meaning - Answers dictionary definition of the word connotative meaning - Answers individuals interpretation of a word private & shared meaning - Answers Inside joke Sapir-Whord hypothesis - Answers language shapes how we see the world Strong determinism - Answers language outright determines our thoughts weak determinism - Answers the way we view the world shapes our thoughts but do not outright determine our thoughts Abstract/ Vague language - Answers does not give a definitive answer, causes confusion inferences - Answers drawing conclusions from information we have in front of us dichotomes - Answers assuming; thinking in terms of two -contrast equivocal lang - Answers words have two or more meanings euphemisms - Answers changing language to make it easier to understand/handle metacommunication - Answers communication about communication Listening - Answers a process of receiving, construction meaning from & responding to spoken and or nonverbal messages Listening vs. Hearing - Answers hearing= a physiological(1 step of listening) listening= processing what it is that we are listening 6 components of listening - Answers 1. hearing standing bering preting ating nding Barriers to listening - Answers -physical/physiological: literal noise from what could be an outside force -psychological: pain, fatigue, emotional trial -conflicting objectives: professor "we'll discuss this topic but it wont be on the exam" -poor listening habits: you just suck at listening How to improve - Answers 1. listen carefully 2. pay attention(consistently) 3. take notes on most important ideas (physically or mentally) 4.Take the time to process messages 5. Aerobic Listening: C onverse A acknowledge R espect E emphasize Nonverbal comm - Answers use of objects, action, sound, time and space to convey meaning Vocal - Answers groans + sighs Nonvocal - Answers facial expressions, movement Nonverbal - Answers complements, regulations, substitutes for, contradicts, illustrates verbal Paralanguage - Answers where we put emphasis on words "how you say it" Objectics - Answers personal appearance, artifacts we posess proxemics - Answers the use of space to convey meaning orientation - Answers where you are situated competitive orientation